Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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